Author: MELVILLE, ANNE
Title: The Lorimer Line
Description: London, Heinemann. 1977, First Edition. (ISBN: 0434462705). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good + unmarked copy which has light bumping to lower corner tips. Dustjacket has a touch of wear to top and bottom edges and is not price clipped. VG +. An historical novel of a rich and powerful family in Victorian England, set initially in the great seaport of Bristol, where the Lorimers, whose fortune was built on slavery, wield enormous power. In 1877 the head of the family is John Junius, chairman of Lorimer's bank, an envied and admired autocrat with secrets which threaten his wealth and respectability. The scene moves from Bristol to London and Jamaica and the struggle of another Lorimer, Margaret, who courageously defies the time's prejudices by wishing to qualify as a doctor. C3E. Very Good/Very Good.

Keywords: Victorian England, Historical Fiction, John Junius Lorimer, Bristol, Slavery, Jamaica 0434462705


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